Almost half of South Floridians want to save more, spend less

Almost half of South Floridians surveyed want to save more and spend less as part of their new year's resolutions, compared with only 22 percent of Americans, according to a new survey released Monday by TD Bank.

Forty-six percent of those polled in Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties said they intend to improve their financial health this year by saving more and spending less.

Still, South Floridians are like other Americans — they don't intend to keep a budget this year, according to the survey.

Only 24 percent of those surveyed in the three counties — about the same as nationally — said they had made a new year's resolution to set up and follow a budget, the poll found.

The national survey interviewed 1,444 Americans between Jan. 13 to 19 and had a margin of error of 2.6 percent. The smaller South Florida poll interviewed 152 and had a margin of error of 7.9 percent.

The global research company Vision Critical, based in Vancouver, conducted both surveys.